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(0)Kathryn Harkup
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Bloomsbury sigma volume 31
Physical Desc
304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions - shock, sadness, fear - that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? In the Bard's day death was a part of everyday life. Plague, pestilence and public executions were a common occurrence, and the...